jpdb beta

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

2

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

2

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

3

to happen to meet; to come across

2

ghost story

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

2

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

1

fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

1

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

3

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

small animal

1

beast; brute; animal

4

ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

2

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

16

throat

1

fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves

3

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

3

light brown; tawny

2

body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

1

wild animal

1

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

1

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

1

to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

4

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

1

steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap

1

left foot; left leg

2

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

semicircle

2

metal plate; metallic plate

1

shark

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

7

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

1

extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction

1

or something

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

one's way; one's path

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

weed

1

to push aside; to push one's way through

1

to show; to bare (the teeth)

1

(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut

6

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

2